Mike Rowe Attempts the LOST ART of Blowing Neon Glass | Somebody's Gotta Do It 

That was surprisingly touching. Not the fact itself, I just didnt expect it

And her name is zelda!

Sorry I was still stumped over the visual light for someone blind… then I seen him say she can touch it. That makes a lot of sense now…. But the way you worded your comment just made me do a double take 😂

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ by

O thats nice. Reminds me of when i bought an ipod for my deaf child....

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DFNM9F9-ypo.html I've never felt a more powerful place to put this link.

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ tell Jesus to start giving bad people cancer instead of kids and helpful people. Until then, stay crucified.

@@bad77dragtruck savage. 😂

​@@bad77dragtruck Felt that.

Not unless you combine your trade with a business degree. I managed to become a cost estimator eventually by becoming a machinist first and then getting my BS in Business Administration. The degree doubled my income.

Nice story. I wanted to become a neon tube bender when I was in grad school in Fine Art., In the 1970s. I was a print maker, and was skilled in silk screen printer and etching, and I also built sculptures in mixed media. I'd taken jewelry classes, and foundry classes. I began visiting the local sign shops in my town, during the late 1970s, and neon was still very popular. Even if sometimes the tubes were under vacuum formed plastic letters. Neon put out enough brilliant light, beneath the plastic and was long lasting, and unlike incandescent bulbs, it didn't burn out. The shops I visited were very excited some "young person wanted to learn this skill". I watched the old timers bend neon tube, they explained the whole process while working on some jobs, they had before them. The only problem was,....and it was my problem,.....I didn't like waking up before dawn to get to a job. These neon shops were old time factories,.....And my life style as an artist, .....was very laid back. I preferred to get up late and work into the evenings. I continued to build my sculptures, and considered incorporating neon into them. I discovered there were young people like myself who were equally "laid back", who had small neon tube bending shops. I visited them often to watch the "magic". I should have asked if I could join them,...even without pay,....they were nice folks, I never did. When I wanted to have a light source that resembled neon, coming from my sculptures, I found unique incandescent bulbs, that sort of simulated that kind of light. As a hobby, I would salvage old neon tubes from signs on buildings that were slated for demolition. I still have this one, 3 foot radius, glowing orange, arc shaped tube, that I have on the wall in my art studio. I have a step-down transformer, to power it. And some partial letters from other old signs.

Wonderful life story and thank you for sharing it.

Guys, Here is The Savior YaH The Heavenly FATHER HIMSELF was Who they Crucified/Pierced for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF” From the Ancient Egyptian Semitic: "Yad He Vav He" is what Moshe (Moses) wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3) Ancient Egyptian Semitic Direct Translation Yad - "Behold The Hand" He - "Behold the Breath" Vav - "Behold The NAIL"

God Bless your Dads Soul and may he Rest In Peace. And thanks to your father and others in the field of his work American people and America had signs across the area of where he worked thank you to your father for his efforts in building America for what the Glass Blowing Neon Community does for us.

Yes, Please!

100%

Him and Morgan Freeman. Morgan looked the same 30 years ago like he does today. I think Morgan and Mike were born middle aged lol

Right?

Same same 👍🏼

​@@O_Canada Awwww are you one of the beta alphabet losers that he offended? Bwahahah. You don't have to be a loser your whole life.

Ditto that!

I second that thought as well!

I’ve lived in towns where signs that were illuminated weren’t allowed, of any kind. The people were 6th grade simple too, I wonder if there’s a correlation?

Same, I would 'neon spot' around my town as a kid and memorize the various designs, colors and locations of signs at night with my friends. Plasma fascinates us for a reason! It is the very future, just awaiting its time under the auspices of art.

It's not to me. My Dad worked for a machine shop for almost 40 years.

My brother dropped out of college, joined the Marines and ultimately became a welder. He's my fucking hero. I went to college, drank way too much and ended up in IT. IT sucks, but it pays the bills. But man, if i could do it again, I'd go into the trades. Although, I've gotten to the point where my belief that i could always fall back on hard labor, skilled or otherwise, is not likely to happen. I stupidly believed that anything that didn't kill me made me stronger. The body now disagrees vehemently. Anyway, I'm in awe of good machinists. It's damn near magic for me to see what you guys can do with raw materials. P.S. I made some knives back in the day, too. No longer have a workshop, but it was a fun time. Keep on trucking. :)